Legal Opinion
Upton v. Empire of Iran
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided October 19, 1978No. Civ. A. 77-1000PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
CHARLES R. RICHEY, District Judge.
Presently before the Court is the defendants’ motion to dismiss for lack of personal and subject matter jurisdiction on sovereign immunity grounds. For the reasons hereinafter stated, the Court will grant the defendants’ motion and dismiss the action.
Larry L. Upton, Michael John Mintz, and Alfred E. Caswell, citizens of the United States, were awaiting departing flights in the main hall of the Mehrabad International Airport terminal building in Tehran, Iran, on December 5, 1974, when the roof collapsed. Upton and Mintz were killed and…
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